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Source: Pre-ordered (release date January 27th 2015)
Source: Pre-ordered (release date January 27th 2015)
Paige Mahoney has escaped the brutal
prison camp of Sheol 1, but her problems have only just begun: many of the
survivors are missing and she is the most wanted person in London…
As Scion turns it’s all seeing-eye on the dreamwalker, the mime-lords and mime-queens of the city’s gangs are invited to a rare meeting of the Unnatural Assembly. Jaxon Hall and his Seven Seals prepare to take centre stage, but there are bitter fault lines running through the clairvoyant community and dark secrets around every corner.
Then the Rephaim begin crawling out
from the shadows. Paige must keep moving, from Seven Dials to Grub Street, to
the secret catacombs of Camden, until the fate of the underworld can be
decided.
This
is my first review of this blog and I honestly couldn’t think of a better book
to start with. I finished this book within 24 hours of receiving it. It is
beautifully written and one of the most captivating books I have ever read. This
is the second installment in a series of 7, called The Bone Season.
The
Mime Order begins with a bang and starts exactly where The Bone Season left
off; Paige having escaped Sheol 1 on the train back to London with a number of
voyants by her side. As we seem to find with Paige, trouble always seems to
follow her; not even a chapter into the book, she’s fighting for her life, as
well as over 20 other voyants that have managed to escape with her, as they
return to London.
In
The Mime Order, Paige’s relationship with Jaxon has changed and I felt this
from the first chapter. The power had shifted between them and although Paige
is still Jaxon’s Mollisher, she is very much her own person in this book and
you feel her becoming more independent as she realises that she doesn’t need to
be someone’s slave anymore. From the outset, Paige wants to tell London about
the Rephaim and Sheol 1. She even tries to set up an Unnatural Assembly meeting…which
doesn’t end well for either parties. Due to circumstances I will not explain
(spoilers!), a new Underlord is required and a scrimmage for a new leader takes
place.
Jaxon
and Paige are both determined to be in power so as Mime-Lord and Mollisher,
they enter the scrimmage together; but everything is not as it seems. Jaxon and
Paige are both fighting for different reasons, but for the same ultimate goal. Who
will triumph? Where do the remaining Seven Seals fall into this? Where do the
Rephaim fit in? Who will stay beside her?
Just
like The Bone Season, The Mime Order has been left on a cliff-hanger. The
cliff-hanger of all cliff-hangers. You
find yourself thinking of every possible scenario once you’ve finished and
quite frankly, you can’t stop thinking about it. This book gives you some
understanding to how this will pan out to be a 7 part series, because honestly,
I think it needs it. You find that Paige’s journey has just begun and there are
many twists and turns in this book.
I
find this series is nothing like I’ve read before. Shannon has clearly spent copious
amounts of time and effort on this series. From the maps at the beginning of
the book, to the explanation of The Seven Orders of Clairvoyance, to the
glossary of foreign words that seem to crop up in this series, she has covered
it all. And in a way that is so beautifully put together.
Many
of the places in London she mentions, you will recognise yourself, which transports
you to London and your imagination runs wild. For example, you find yourself in
the markets of Camden Town as Paige is trying to find Warden and the detail
that Shannon has given us, is just perfection. Even if you haven’t been there,
the depth of detail she feeds to us, it will feel as though you have been.
I
think my favourite part of this book is the knowledge we’ve all been desperate
for. For example, we begin to learn about the Rephaim, the world that they come
from and the story behind their existence. We learn more about the lives of the
Seven Seals and the world they live in and the pressures they are under when
working for Jaxon. I feel we learn a lot about Eliza in this book and she has
fast become one of my favourite characters.
We
are also introduced to a large number of new characters that live in London
such as the mime-lords and mime-queens and mollishers of each Cohort. We are
also introduced to new types of Clairvoyance and the skills each voyants have
with this type of Clairvoyance. There are so many that we find out in this book
and I find it fascinating.
Although
the Rephaim don’t enter the book until around halfway through, there is still
talk about them from Paige and the remaining Seven Seals. One Reph in
particular always seems to creep into her mind; Warden. Warden was, and still
continues to be my favourite character of the series. I find him absolutely
magnificent. I have a connection to him that I’ve never got from any other
character in a book. I find myself, like Paige, letting my defences down to the
Warden the more I learn of him and the intimidation I felt for him in The Bone
Season, is replaced in The Mime Order with awe, wonder, lust and love.
The
Mime Order may be the second book in the series but I feel this book was the
start of the revolution for Paige. She wants change and she will do anything to
ensure that this will happen. She has become so much stronger, not only
mentally but her gifts progress in ways that we can only imagine. Paige is
fierce, determined and will do whatever it takes to get the freedom she deserves.
To conclude, The Mime Order was
everything I wanted it to be and more. It keeps you on your toes and there are
twists and turns in every chapter; you genuinely will have no idea which
direction the book will take you in next. I thoroughly enjoyed this and am
eagerly anticipating the third installment already. If you only read one book
this year, make sure it’s this one! Literary perfection.
I love this!
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